Drowning has been the biggest cause of recorded migrant deaths over the past 10 years, the UN’s migration agency said Tuesday, with victim numbers topping 36,000. Of the 64,000 migrant deaths recorded over the last decade, nearly 60 percent were linked to drowning, according to a report by the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).Of those …
Hunched in his market workshop in a northern Dakar suburb, Cheikh Lo recounted why he had pinned all his hopes on Senegal’s anti-establishment president elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye.”We’ve suffered a lot, 12 years of suffering, that’s really enough,” said the 34-year-old tailor, a day after Faye swept to a first-round victory.”With Diomaye, we really want …
Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map identifies the best locations to regrow forests and cool the planet.Trees soak up carbon dioxide and restoring areas of degraded woodlands or planting saplings to boost forest cover is one tool in the fight against …
Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: studyTue, 26 Mar 2024 12:20:47 GMT Read More »
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday began releasing the bodies of victims of a doomsday starvation cult, almost a year since the discovery of mass graves in a grisly case that shocked the world.One family received four bodies that were loaded into a hearse from a morgue in the Indian Ocean town of Malindi, as loved-ones wailed, …
Kenya releases first cult massacre bodies to familiesTue, 26 Mar 2024 09:59:11 GMT Read More »
Kenyan authorities are due on Tuesday to release the bodies of several people linked to a doomsday starvation cult in a case that shocked the country and the world.The remains are the first to be handed over to their families after nearly a year of painstaking work to identify them using DNA.Hundreds of bodies, including …
Kenya to release first cult massacre bodies to familiesTue, 26 Mar 2024 06:57:21 GMT Read More »
Togolese lawmakers adopted a new constitution on Monday, moving the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system and giving parliament the power to elect the president of the small West African country.The president will be chosen “without debate” by lawmakers “for a single six-year term”, and not by the public, according to the new …
Togo lawmakers adopt new constitutionTue, 26 Mar 2024 03:42:58 GMT Read More »
Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Monday that Senegal’s people had chosen to “break” with the current political system as he was set to become the youngest president in the country’s history.Faye’s main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded the race, triggering a political earthquake in the West African nation.It marked …
At the age of 44, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is to become Senegal’s fifth and also youngest president after the opposition candidate’s main rival Amadou Ba conceded defeat after Sunday’s first round vote.Along with his mentor Ousmane Sonko, Faye is part of an upcoming generation of African politicians and portrays himself as a man of change …
Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was on Monday set to become the youngest president in Senegal’s history after his rival conceded the race, triggering a political earthquake in the West African nation.It marks a stunning victory for the 44-year-old, who was only freed from prison 10 days before Sunday’s election, whose results are not yet …
Senegal anti-establishment candidate wins presidencyMon, 25 Mar 2024 20:02:04 GMT Read More »
Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become president after his main rival on Monday recognised his victory in elections that came barely days after he was freed from prison.The win by the opposition candidate who will be Senegal’s youngest president could trigger a political earthquake with policies that transform the country.Faye, 44, …
